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Élise, Elise, Elyse, Elyce or Elize is the shortened feminine French form of Elizabeth, coming originally from the Hebrew name אלישבע (אלי = My God שבע = oath) and meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance".
For the second portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z. Asterisked (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other region; other definitions may be recognised by the other as Briticisms or Americanisms respectively.
List of South African English regionalisms; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z
Drawing up a comprehensive list of words in English is important as a reference when learning a language as it will show the equivalent words you need to learn in the other language to achieve fluency. A big list will constantly show you what words you don't know and what you need to work on and is useful for testing yourself.
This is a list of British English words that have different American English spellings, for example, colour (British English) and color (American English). Word pairs are listed with the British English version first, in italics, followed by the American English version: spelt, spelled; Derived words often, but not always, follow their root.
Elise, the unidentified person to whom Beethoven dedicated Für Elise; Elise, a 1979 speculative fiction novel by Ken Grimwood; Élise ou la vraie vie (Elise, or the Real Life), a 1967 novel by the French writer Claire Etcherelli; Élise ou la vraie vie (Elise, or Real Life), a 1970 French drama film based on the novel of the same name
Elsie Griffin (1895–1989), English opera singer; Elsie Hall (1877–1976), Australian-born South African classical pianist; Elsie Heiss, Australian indigenous elder and Catholic religious leader; Elsie Higgon (1879–1969), English pharmacist; Elsie Hodder (1886–1952), English actress and singer under the stage name Lily Elsie
Elizabeth with a "z" is the typical spelling in English. Elizabeth is found in the Bible (Luke 1:57) as the mother of John the Baptist . Elizabeth became popularised during the late medieval period as a given name, mostly influenced by two saints: St. Elizabeth of Hungary and St. Elizabeth of Portugal .